Star Lessons ‒ Online Programme for Teacher Training

Star Lessons is a Finnish online programme for teachers. Teachers will learn the theory in small concrete parts, and it can easily be applied in teaching practices. They can immediately take the ideas into their own classrooms and create pedagogically meaningful learning opportunities for their students and promote the students’ capacity to learn. The programme has a strong emphasis on self-reflection.

PROGRAMME CONTENT

The programme is a self-study package with a practical online implementation. Each lesson contains self-assessment and reflection and is well instructed for self-study. During the programme you will progress from the basics to a more complex content.

You will study by:

Watching videos

Listening to podcasts

Taking notes

Reading texts

Reflecting on your own teaching

LESSON CATEGORIES AND MODULES

The lessons are organized into four levels. Each level is divided into 4 modules and each module contains three 45-minute lessons. Altogether there are 48 lesson. The teacher will progress module by module in order to develop learner-centered teaching practices which can promote students’ capacity to learn.

TARGET GROUP

Star lessons is a collection of self-study online lessons for teachers for their professional development on all levels. The general pedagogical theory is applicable to all subjects.

PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES

The main objective of the programme is to share Finnish education solutions and enhance the skills and knowledge of the teachers in modern pedagogies, pedagogical models and practices, 21st century skills and digital learning.

BENEFITS FOR THE PARTICIPANTS

Teachers learn to design pedagogically meaningful and engaging learning assignments and working instructions. They learn to create a user/learner experience through activities
and learning design, and they can take the theory immediately into practice. The programme will help teachers become learning designers of the future by utilizing Finnish methods.

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UniVisits

UniVisits are targeted to professionals in diverse fields wishing to learn state-of-the-art know-how in their own area. Based on the expertise of the eleven faculties of the University of Helsinki, we design customised programmes to meet the needs of each visit group.